"The Wikipedian" by Polylerus (2007)

Students working on flight simulators, 2011

ISTE Standards for Students (2007)

Framework for 21st Century Skills from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.

Digital Literacy.gov is a federal interagency information portal for those who are providing digital literacy training and services in local communities.

21st Century Information Literacy Standards for the Digital Learners of New York, from the New York Library Association.

OECD Skills Outlook 2013 reports that adults in Japan, Canada, Australia, Finland and many other countries scored higher on a global assessment of math, reading and problem-solving.

See first chapter of the report, The Skills Needed for the 21st Century
In the report, the OECD organization notes:
- Demand for high-level skills has never been greater. In the workplace, routine tasks being automated, destroying jobs that were once middle-class bulwarks. Increasingly, economies demand workers skilled in problem-solving, communications and collaboration and reward those with the ability to recognise and exploit new technologies.
  - In the words of OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, “Skills have become the global currency of 21st Century economies. They transform lives and drive economies.”

See also the following statements about 21st century literacies

Deeper Learning: Defining Twenty-First Century Literacy from Edutopia, January 2013.
Connecting the Digital Dots: Literacy in the 21st Century from Educause, January 2006.
21st Century Literacy: Evolving Forms from National Education Association (includes a video from Project New Media Literacies).
Field Notes for 21st Century Literacies from the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory, 2013.
New Literacies and 21st Century Technologies from International Reading Association, 2009.

Common Core State Standards website

Common Core Standards Explorer

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